THE WESTERN WINDOW OF TINTERNE ABBEY.--This View is taken from a
point near the Great Altar, showing in the foreground the clustered
Pillars and Arches which formerly supported the Central Tower; the
Door on the right leading to the Cloisters; Sepulchral Slabs, the Effigy
of a Knight, with the much-admired Window to the West, and other
features.
W. H. BARTLETT. A. WILLMORE. 39
THE REFECTORY OF THE ABBEY.
W. H. BARTLETT. C. COUSEN. 52
THE DEVIL’S PULPIT.--This View is taken from a romantic rock so called, on
the left bank of the Wye, commanding a view of the Abbey westward;
the Abbot’s Meadows stretching along the right bank of the Wye; the
Church of Chapel-hill; the Village of Tinterne Parva lining the rim of
the River Crescent.
W. H. BARTLETT. J. C. BENTLEY. 62
THE FERRY AT TINTERNE.--This Plate, taken from the left bank of the Wye,
presents a North View of the Abbey, with the Western Front, the
Nave, North Transept, part of the great Eastern Window, Remains of
the Cloisters, the Abbey Gate communicating with the Ferry, with
other Conventual Buildings now in ruins, or transformed into Cottages.
The River at this point is of sufficient depth to float a moderately-sized
trading craft.
W. H. BARTLETT. J. C. BENTLEY. 66
TINTERNE ABBEY, WEST FRONT, taken from the Road leading to the “Beaufort
Arms” and the Ferry, shows the much-admired West Window, in correct
and beautiful detail; the Door opening into the Nave, the Southern
Aisle, Buttress, Pinnacle, Clerestory Windows, &c., with their masses
of luxuriant and interlacing Ivy.
W. H. BARTLETT. A. WILLMORE. 103
DOORWAY LEADING INTO THE CLOISTERS.
W. H. BARTLETT. E. J. ROBERTS. 105
DOORWAY LEADING INTO THE SACRISTY.
W. H. BARTLETT. E. J. ROBERTS. 113